Since Dino has been very busy making movies lately, I thought I'd shape the games forum up a little bit. The main change I've made is to make all of the main next-gen threads sticky, and I thought I'd also add the DS and PSP to the top of the list, since those consoles are barely a year old. I've tried to use existing threads which already contain a wealth of information, but I couldn't really find any dedicated DS threads - only the one about the DS redesign (DS-Lite)

So, if you wanna talk DS, but don't feel like starting a whole new thread to talk about a particular development/theory/piece of news, this is the place to come!

*deathly silence*

So, um......a couple of us Zoners have been PMing each other about a possible Friend Code exchange system. My feeling is that if a Zoner doesn't mind posting his/her Friend Code in public, they can do so - but it is probably wiser to do these things privately. I'll be using PMs to exchange that kind of info. With that in mind, please feel free to PM me if you want my Codes for any of the following games:

Animal Crossing: Wild WorldMarioKart DSMetroid Prime: Hunters

I'd also like to recommend this site for anybody who is into AC:WW, and wants to visit new towns - there are a whole lot of friendly people there, who are very willing to help!

I got one but no wireless router. I have Mario Kart, Metroid Pinball, Electroplankton, Phoenix Wright (one of the best games ever), a Japanese (and therefore useless) Nintendogs and Dai Gassou! Band Brothers.

I'm planning on getting Brain Age as I really need to lern mure stiff.

The DS is awesome for strategy games. If you dig strategy games, go for <b>Advance Wars: Dual Strike</b> and <b>Battles of The Prince of Persia</b>. Both are fairly decent turn-based strategy and the interface with the stylus works well in that environment. The machine works wonders for those long plane rides or road trips (when Mom lets me out of the basement, that is).

I bought a used DS on ebay in jan-05 and I'm still, or should I say getting more and more, happy with it.
I've got some of the mentioned games (above) but I have got to recommend two games that are way underrated; Lost in Blue and Nanostray.
Lost in Blue is a survival game where you wake up on an island after you've survived a shipwreck and have to find a way to live and hopefully escape to civilization.
Nanostray is a beautiful and extremely hard shmup.

Well, not "must", but y'know - I think it would be cool if a few of us could have a race or something.

(Also - what do u think of Electroplankton? I was obsessed with it for a few days, and haven't really "played" it since. I recommend hooking your DS to a hi-fi when you play it - if you haven't already done this!)

I don't have a WIFI network. Do they make routers with wireless and wired connections? I ask because I plan on getting a Wii and I already have a comple of mchines hoooked up to my cable via 10/100 I wouldn't want to have to get wireless cards for my PCs....

A new game called Dead and Furious has been announced by Dream On Studio for the DS. It's been described as "a House of the Dead-style arcade shooter" â€“ interestingâ€¦

The player takes on the role of Rob Steiner, serving life in jail for a murder he didn't commit. It's up to you to find the truth behind your imprisonment. The game begins with Rob waking up in the middle of the night to find his cell door open.

The guards are missing and the prison is eerily quiet, but not for long, as you are soon fending off wave after wave of zombies. The stylus takes the place of the gun, and to take out the gangs of ghouls you just tap the screen. Drag and drop ammo to reload.

Although you are guided through the world, there are different paths to choose from, so it isn't entirely linear. You'll also be able to play in co-op Wi-Fi which sounds pretty darn cool. Early screens here:

Incoming from Buena Vista Games is a new action orientated RPG entitled Spectrobes.

The game introduces two characters named Rallen and Jeena who are "junior Interplanetary Patrol officers". They discover mysterious, prehistoric creatures called Spectrobes that possess special powers. These Spectrobes hold the key to defeating a vicious and merciless force, known only as the Krawl, that threatens to destroy the galaxy. The two heroes embark on a mission to save their galaxy â€“ to do so they must excavate, awaken, train and collect all the Spectrobes they can and battle to defeat the Krawl.

I think a Phoenix Wright sequel is already in the works - and the Trauma Center sequel is coming out on the Wii! I find the prospect of conducting keyhole surgery with the Wiimote quite........arousing.

TITG one of the games above sounds like it resembles Pikman a little bit (spectrobes I think) - an alien species, excavation (dig up), under your control to battle other aliens or whatever.

I don't know if you have a Gamecube but Pikman was one of the highlights of the system (for me anyway) so it doesn't surprise me they would bridge over to thier portable unit with the game.

And if this is the case I want a DS! Though I'm being honest when I say the reload on that zombie game sounds like a PITA (pain in the ass), is there no quick reload button? I mean does this thing heavily call upon the touchscreen for actual game play? because that doesn't sound real great to me.

This will probably only mean something to UK zoners, but they have remade The New Zealand Story for the DS!! Every kid in my neighbourhood had this when I was a kid. Very cool platform game. I don't have much, apart from these screenshots and boxart images!

tfactor wrote:TITG one of the games above sounds like it resembles Pikman a little bit (spectrobes I think) - an alien species, excavation (dig up), under your control to battle other aliens or whatever.

I don't know if you have a Gamecube but Pikmin was one of the highlights of the system (for me anyway) so it doesn't surprise me they would bridge over to thier portable unit with the game.

Sorry, I missed this somehow T.

I sure did have a GC and Pikmin - really cool game! There's a Wii game called Elebits which looks kinda similar too. I need that announcement about the Wiilease date to come NOW!!!

So i was uber hesitant about getting one.. then NEW supermario bros. came out.. and i just had to have it. Well that AND the DS Lite just dropped. When my g/f first saw it.. she thought it was a new ipod.. hah! Anyways, yea.. so since getting it i've got; New Supermario Bro, CASTLEVANIA: DAWN OF SORROW, Advanced wars, and Wario: Touch.. i love all the games! I play it randomly throughout the day.. andi love how u can just flip it closed.. then come right back to it later.. very handy.. very great. My one complaint is if i hold it to long.. i get insane cramps in my hands.. haha.. but its so worth it. I even got my PSP loving friend to go out and buy a DS.. SHIZAM! Nintendo is climbing back up, IMO, they are the only company trying to be inovative with games..

I got my DS, finally, on the weekend. Navy Blue... mmmm... now for the games. And these codes you 'cool' people keep talking about.

Have any of you had any trouble with the Wi-fi? I've had a go at running it but it just doesn't recognise I have a connection. The Nintendo site sucks for help as well. I guess that they're use to there products working on command.

MonkeyM666 wrote:Have any of you had any trouble with the Wi-fi? I've had a go at running it but it just doesn't recognise I have a connection. The Nintendo site sucks for help as well. I guess that they're use to there products working on command.

ff3
giant killer
master black, white, red mage, freelancer, ranger,
thief, bard, geomancer, black belt, etc
you can have the reward item before you master the job
if I send you a card.

castlevania portrait of ruin
I have 99.7% of all items, so I can sell you
new york steak, the 3 rare foods, etc
which you'll need for lv 25 or lv 1 hard runs
where 9 of each potion just won't cut it.

Obviously I need to trade for similar and it requires somebody
smart enough to have stockpiled this stuff, set up a wifi connector,
and discerned that the free server doesnt store shit so that we'd
have to co-ordinate being on at the same time.

ff3giant killermaster black, white, red mage, freelancer, ranger, thief, bard, geomancer, black belt, etcyou can have the reward item before you master the jobif I send you a card.

castlevania portrait of ruinI have 99.7% of all items, so I can sell younew york steak, the 3 rare foods, etc which you'll need for lv 25 or lv 1 hard runswhere 9 of each potion just won't cut it.

Obviously I need to trade for similar and it requires somebodysmart enough to have stockpiled this stuff, set up a wifi connector,and discerned that the free server doesnt store shit so that we'dhave to co-ordinate being on at the same time.

ff3giant killermaster black, white, red mage, freelancer, ranger, thief, bard, geomancer, black belt, etcyou can have the reward item before you master the jobif I send you a card.

castlevania portrait of ruinI have 99.7% of all items, so I can sell younew york steak, the 3 rare foods, etc which you'll need for lv 25 or lv 1 hard runswhere 9 of each potion just won't cut it.

Obviously I need to trade for similar and it requires somebodysmart enough to have stockpiled this stuff, set up a wifi connector,and discerned that the free server doesnt store shit so that we'dhave to co-ordinate being on at the same time.

jrkerrdog at hotmailcheers

Well same to you then, asshole!

Yeah, and just after I hand over the goods you shout "look out, cops" and disappear down a virtual alley.

ff3giant killermaster black, white, red mage, freelancer, ranger, thief, bard, geomancer, black belt, etcyou can have the reward item before you master the jobif I send you a card.

castlevania portrait of ruinI have 99.7% of all items, so I can sell younew york steak, the 3 rare foods, etc which you'll need for lv 25 or lv 1 hard runswhere 9 of each potion just won't cut it.

Obviously I need to trade for similar and it requires somebodysmart enough to have stockpiled this stuff, set up a wifi connector,and discerned that the free server doesnt store shit so that we'dhave to co-ordinate being on at the same time.

jrkerrdog at hotmailcheers

What an odd post. Pimping his virtual wares on the Zone. What is this Ebay? What a dodgy bastard.

jrkerr, unfortunately there are only a handful of DS user on The Zone, and I don't think any of them are Castlevania or FF players.

Monkey: I've been interested in the Mario 3x3 game for a while - I might pick one up (although Winning Eleven is coming out fairly soon, and I'm superpumped about that badboy). It's wi-fi multi, right? The wifi games are my faves, generally. Have you got your home wifi set up to work on the DS yet? Some routers simply don't work with the DS, I hope yours isn't one of them. I have a Belkin which I don't really need anymore, was gonna sell it on eBay but I'd consider flogging it to you if you're desperate. It cost me Â£50, I'd be willing to let it go for half that. Have a think, I'll need to check a couple of things before I can say whether or not I can definitely sell it.

Hopefully, you got your wifi to work and this is all pointless discussion!

I have a feeling that it may be the squats wi-fi. It can be great, but does log off every now and again, and the cat ude to sleep next to the router. (when we had a cat, he's not lost in teh countryside somewhere ) I can kinda connect at my GF's cafe in town so I know that it works. I'll have to test it and get back to you. I really want to play MK DS against some of you guys.

I'm a FF player. Love it actually, but I am trying to cut down my RPG play time. I just don't have 100+ hours to spend on a game any more.

If your coming along to the Fountain meetup TITG I'll bring Mario 3*3 along so you can try before you buy. I have a few games (came with the DS. It's a Japanese version so that's why I have some advanced release games), so if there are any others you want to have a play with before you buy them let me know and I'll bring those along as well.

ff3giant killermaster black, white, red mage, freelancer, ranger, thief, bard, geomancer, black belt, etcyou can have the reward item before you master the jobif I send you a card.

castlevania portrait of ruinI have 99.7% of all items, so I can sell younew york steak, the 3 rare foods, etc which you'll need for lv 25 or lv 1 hard runswhere 9 of each potion just won't cut it.

Obviously I need to trade for similar and it requires somebodysmart enough to have stockpiled this stuff, set up a wifi connector,and discerned that the free server doesnt store shit so that we'dhave to co-ordinate being on at the same time.

jrkerrdog at hotmailcheers

All I can say is, "WTF?"

"Alright Shaggy - you and Scooby head over that way. The girls and I will go this way."

ff3giant killermaster black, white, red mage, freelancer, ranger, thief, bard, geomancer, black belt, etcyou can have the reward item before you master the jobif I send you a card.

castlevania portrait of ruinI have 99.7% of all items, so I can sell younew york steak, the 3 rare foods, etc which you'll need for lv 25 or lv 1 hard runswhere 9 of each potion just won't cut it.

Obviously I need to trade for similar and it requires somebodysmart enough to have stockpiled this stuff, set up a wifi connector,and discerned that the free server doesnt store shit so that we'dhave to co-ordinate being on at the same time.